Littleton Blatantly Selling Cleaned Steelies!

What's all the hubbub.......bub?

They were up front with their advertisement.

 

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Littleton is restoring coins, identifying them as such and charging a reasonable price. Those crooks can't get away with this, next thing you know people will start doing this with cars. :scratch:

 

Can't find the thread anywhere. Deleted?

 

Nah.

http://www.cointalk.com/t216900/

 

I have no issues with the ad. Littleton is being completely honest in what they are sending and they are using terms that have been in use in the hobby for decades.

 

I am selling Chihuahua crap for a nickel.

No B/S/T except in the appropriate section and only coin related.

 

I don't see a problem either, better have them replated than rusting down. And they're honest in their advertisement too.

 

I'm being honest too, somewhat.

 

So it's ok to sell worthless crap as long as you don't lie about it? Not understanding the logic in that.

 

Of course it's okay. It's a (larely) free market where no one is forced to buy these.

 

If every company that sold worthless crap was forced to go out of business you'd lose about 90% of the companies out there

 

So, by that same logic, if you don't like it, it should not be available to anyone, right?

Now you're starting to sound like Detecto, and that is definitely a dangerous road to travel.

 

^ Just kidding above LGL

 

They can offer it, but it's so wrong it stinks.

 

But they're not forcing you, or anyone, to buy.
If you don't like the product, you don't try to put the company out of business, you just don't buy the product.

I don't trust lawyers. All lawyers must be banned.

 

It still stinks. Many lawyers stink.

 

They are doing nothing illegal. Immoral? Maybe. But nothing illegal.

 

But is it really wrong? I have clients who started off by buying a similar novelty purchase from Littleton that sparked an interest and turned these people into much more serious collectors. Of course this does not happen to everyone, but good things can come of such offers.

Littleton's prices are high, but at least they give the people who buy from them what they paid for. Which is worse... the guy with little experience who gets sucked into buying overpriced dreck on ebay thinking he has some rare gem, or the guy who buys honestly described, yet overpriced coins from Littleton? Some like to collect the Littleton way, so who would we be to judge? Reprocessed steel cents are a reality and have been around a long time. Novelties no worse than hundreds of other trinkets people buy, so I don't see the big deal here. For $3 shipped, plus the four Bicentennial cents, it really is not a bad deal for someone who wishes to have such things. Keep in mind that these are not being marketed at serious collectors.

 

Happens on e-bay all the time.......

 

Hold your nose.......:devil: